The Godfather of Soul rehearses a smokin' hot version of "Gonna Have A Funky Good Time" with The Late Night Band. This is their final run-through before taping Late Night With David Letterman, 2/27/92.

Here is Christina Aguilera at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards (2007) preforming a tribute to the late James Brown with; "It's A Man's Man's Man's World". Also included is Aguilera's nomination for "Pop Vocal Album". Xtina took home the Grammy for "Female Pop Vocal Performance" that night. This video also features Nelly Furtado, Chris Brown, Nicole Scherzinger, Natasha Bedingfield & Danny Ray. Aguilera's Preformance recieved a standing ovation and the most praise of the night. With high praise for her pipes, Grammy.com said her performance was nothing less than; "Legendary". In tribute to the Grammy Awards 50th anniversary, CBS.com and Grammy.com asked viewers to vote on their favorite performances at the Grammy's of All Time; It's A Man's World was voted 3rd best Grammy performance ever. MSN.com wrote; "The show-stealer: Christina Aguilera laying waste to James Brown's "It's a Man's World," at the end of a medley that also included Smokey Robinson singing "Tracks of My Tears" AND Lionel Richie singing "Hello." A vision in white, spilling out of her vest, pouring every last drop of oxygen she had into this tribute to the late Godfather, Aguilera was so powerful that it didn't matter if she'd ever heard of James Brown before. There was a lot of earnest tribute made to Brown all night, but Christina was better than earnest. She was great". USAToday wrote; "Most of the performances were surprisingly strong, the best of which was Christina Aguilera's take on James Brown's "It's ...

Stone was born at Buckland Hospital in Dover, Kent, and spent her teenage years in Ashill, a small village in Devon. She is the third of four children born to Richard and Wendy Stoker. Her father owns a fruit and nut import/export business; her mother, who used to manage holiday cottages, worked as Stone's manager until October 2004. Stone made her first public appearance at the Uffculme Comprehensive School—which she attended—in Uffculme, Devon, with a cover of Jackie Wilson's 1957 song "Reet Petite". Because of her dyslexia, Stone left school at age sixteen with only three GCSE qualifications. "It wasn't that I was stupid. I'm just a little bit dyslexic and I wasn't very academic. I'm more artistic", she says. Stone grew up listening to a wide variety of music including 1960s and 1970s American R&B and soul music performed by such artists as Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin; as a result, she developed a soulful style of singing like her idols. "My first CD that I owned was Aretha Franklin: Greatest Hits. And I saw the advert on TV and it was just like little clips of her songs. I had no idea who she was—I was only like 10 so. I said, 'Oh yeah, that looks really good', so I wrote it down and I said to my mum, 'Can I have that for Christmas?' So she told my friend Dennis, who always gets me good music anyway, and he got that for me. So that was one of my first albums that I loved."She would later tell MTV News: "I kind of clicked into soul music more than anything ...

On 6/20/09, TOP appeared at the West Oak Lane Jazz Festival. This is the third in a short series of videos from that appearance. "Diggin On James Brown, and "Startime- A Tribute to James Brown". Great stuff from The Kings of East Bay Soul. Visit www.towerofpower.com

Groove Thangs' holiday release from 1989, with a new video by Bonefish Johnny! Original song by Bonefish Johnny. Groove Thangs: Down Pat - lead vox, keyboards Bonefish Johnny - guitar Kilmo - bass Tim Kuchta - drums, chimes, sleigh bells Dotty - Additional chipmunk Mike Scaglione - saxophone Randy Barlow - trumpet Teddy Mulet - trombone Since 1984, Groove Thangs have been making a name for themselves at home and on the road playing original funk, rock and soul music for the masses. Founded in Florida by Bonefish Johnny and his brother Down Pat with the help of other brother Michael and a slew of badass musicians (like Jeff Watkins, who went from Groove Thangs to James Brown for 12 years and is now playing sax with Joss Stone), Groove Thangs have forged not only their own sound but a special attitude about life and love that has endeared them to music fans around the world. After getting signed and dropped by a major label in 1989, Groove Thangs went on to successfully record and release their music independently, winning awards and gaining sponsorship while proving it on stage every night. Coming off the road in '92, Groove Thangs still perform annually (even touring Indonesia in 1994) and will be celebrating their 25th year of making funky music together! www.myspace.com

James Brown asks Joss Stone to perform with him on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross after he meets her on the show. What else could Joss say to the legend of soul but 'yes'! They sing Its A Mans World. Even though this was imporvised it still turned out fantastic showing that both James and Joss have major talent! Enjoy!

An excellent display of vocal talent by Phebe Edwards, along with the late great Legend himself Mr James Brown "The Godfatther of Soul" This a young lady to look out for in the near future. Simply amazing...